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Melco Crown Entertainment (
MPEL) pushed the Services sector higher today making it today's featured services winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Melco Crown Entertainment rose 20 cents (1.6%) to $12.79 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3.1 million shares of Melco Crown Entertainment exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $12.70-$12.93 after having opened the day at $12.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $12.59. Other companies within the Services sector that increased today were:
Point.360 (
PTSX), up 65.5%,
Office Depot (
ODP), up 21.2%,
NTN Buzztime (
NTN), up 15.4%, and
Lentuo International (
LAS), up 14.6%.

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Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, ownership, and operation of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities primarily in Macau. Melco Crown Entertainment has a market cap of $6.75 billion and is part of the
leisure industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.4, above the average leisure industry P/E ratio of 15.8 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 27.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Melco Crown Entertainment a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Melco Crown Entertainment as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.